The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1905, Page 6

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1905. ROBBERY DRAMA WITH WHICH GIRL SWEEPS LANDSCAPE Miss Mabel Perry Accidentally Witnesses the Hold-Up of Daly and Roche. Tells Her Strange Tale to Sheriff Complete ements made by been a witness to a erime. To her mother she immediately reported what 3 n K. Roche | She had viewed. The two women were o s v near | At @ loss how to act. They waited un- & = % ey were re- | il an emplove at the cap works I 3 | reached the house about noon and to ’ b of money In|nim Miss Perry said she belleved there @ans C | Bank to the | had been some sort of a robbery at the Bank i as ytained to- !Suu\hom Pacific crossing. The caller 4. S I Contra Costa | confirmed her suspicions by telling the i- | girl of the hold-up. Superintendent Ells had gone to Mar- tinez on the 10:20 morning train from Stege. His absence left the women in doubt as to further procedure. They did not want to make undue notoriety cer Miss Perry's astonishing experi- But last night as soon as As- semblyman Ells returned home he ad- vised immediate communication with r the authorities. Deputy Sheriff Bou- did the young | guet was notified and 'in turn Sheriff 1 the country | Veale was apprised. To-day the Sher- the drama iff went to the Ells place and from her observa- | Miss Perry’s lips heard the remarkable across the narrative. As she detailed the circum- 1 a single | stances, her minute descriptions tally- ing as closely as her report of the scene before her eves, Sheriff Veale was astounded. } Miss Perry was reluctant to talk about the experience. She said her only purpose in revealing it was to help the authorities and to verify what she knew from her own eyes to be the ab- the | Veal previous re- *he. To the | golute truth of Daly and Roche's state- < atmosphere ts. In recounting the circum- 1 more tangi- | stances to-day at the Ells home, Miss Perry said: The first objects that attracted my ention were the horse and buggy stood tigd to the fence in the road ss the railroad tracks. I thought that was a queer place to leave a rig. Then 1 noticed a tall man with a rifle moving about as if he were directing the other three men. The tall man seemed to be wearing some kind of a mask over his face. I saw the tall man and a stout man go into the open space and walk rapidly behind two other men, one of whom wore a light brown coat (Daly). Then the tall man ap- parently directed the use of ropes or something of that sort with the man I since know to be Daly. The man I have learned to be Roche was not in sight. He had been tied and was ly- ing out of view in the grass. “I saw the tall masked man carrying a rifie or a long stick drop down' the railroad embankment opposite the tele- the Deputy graph pole, where Daly and Roche W were bound. The tall robber walked along the railroad track. It seemed to me then as if something wrong was intended on the tracks. The thought of train wreckers, strikers or something of that sort flashed through my mind. Mr. Elis had left to go on the train, which departed from Stege while I was looking at the men in the fleld. The man on the track disappeared from my view. URGES HORSE TO SPEED. “Then the second robber, the stout man, walked out from the embankment and hurried over to the buggy (Daly's, that contained the coin). He untied the horse, jumped in and turned around so quickly that the rig nearly wupset. aw it half tip over. As soon as he i the horse headed toward San Pablo road he drove hard. The man was sitting forward on the seat and acted as if he were urging the horse as hard ROBBERY IS REVEALED. mov fence where that the n removed so ] could elimb through oseure where t were |88 he could. The second buggy ap- blindfold Miss | Deared in view very soon from out of Rallroad avenue. The man in this buggy I recognized as the one who had climbed down the railroad embankment and had disappeared up the track. “With what I had seen then and what followed 1 imagined it was a horse-stealing affair. “Shortly after the two buggies dis- appeared, keeping my glasses on the vements of of the them i the mc one drove off t and on rar i wn Potre avenue toward spot, I saw the man Roche wriggling s 4. She saw the second | about in a half-raised*posture. Pretty t from road avenue | quickly he rose to his feet and I noticed - X tlfe first one, | he was working his hands back and 1 out two robbers driv-|forth. He seemed to be loosening g the se ropes. - This man looked around and 1 > to fathom the | then went over to his companion, who B ts, Miss Perry | was Daly, because he wore a light ¢ by noticing the brown overcoat. The first man I could P s of and s they | easily make out unfastening ropes or were fre their bonds after the | gomething of that sort. The two \men robbers dep; se actlons Miss | wajked out of the enclosure quickly and Py s Bnd bed later identl- | then started to run. I mext saw them v a5 the two robbed men told|rynning down Potrero avenue, and 08 woman . watched | there lost sight of them. gged himself to Q\ns‘ ~1 wanted to call my mother, but I ‘ Daly’s rescue. She| wug go interested in the sight that I - when he stood and looked | gig not stop to get her upstairs. ver embankment, |~ “] was puzzled and perplexed over UDLYing | what I had seen, not knowing what to climb ouw go. 1 was sure some crime had been Toss Po- | committed. If Mr. Ells had been at s they ap-| home he could have helped me out. ypress hedge € at home on the ave- | When he did return my mother and myself let him decide what should be done- As soon as the authorities | were informed I felt relieved. It was { almost ghostly, this experience, and I must confess it upset me quite a bit,” Assemblyman. Ells and - Mrs. Perry Johnson hough at the time Miss Perry knew thing about the identity of the vie- ve such minute descrip- Roche’s appearance | here 28 no mistaking them nor | gupplemented the young woman’s story c r,rrs ng them with the two highway- | with confirmatory details. & = SEARCH FOR HIDDEN GOLD. B g :“‘r ¥ IR, | The effect of Miss Perry’s addition After the buggies had disappeared | to the evidence is to settle definitely and the two men were beyond her vis- | the fact that there were two rigs con- jon, Miss Perry decided that H | cerned. That the robbers drove away | singly and took the Ban Pablo road back as far as Hopkins street, West Berkeley, has been estal witnesses who saw the® men' driving | through the road bound toward Berke- ley. The finding of Daly’s. buggy and the $1000 in it at Addison and Sacra- | mento streets is further proof. Having 1 reached that point, Sheriff Veale, with the police of Berkeley and Oakland, and Sheriff Frank Barnet's men, have been scouring the country to-day in | search of the second buggy. Miss Perry describes it as a sort of cheap | appearing vehicle, drawn by a light colored horse. Others style it a sort of bysiness . buggy, without a top, with yellow wheels and black striped light .\D\'l:l!T!SE,\{I-Z,\"l'S. HunyadiJanos Natural Laxative Water moves the Bowels copiously and gives a pleasant, sat- isfied feeling that wothing cler will—no griping—r rlog. body. The horse's color has been A posi prompt described 2s ranging from sorrel to relfef froi. . custipa- roan. Through Berkeley, all over the Con- tra Costa hills, into every corner of the country round about the scene of | the robbery, the searching parties of officers have gone to-day. Sheriff i Veale started early this morning with Roche for a guide, and covered every foot of the ground just as Roche and Daly covered it yesterday up to the place of the robbery. After twenty- four hours of hard digging Sherift Veale said to-night: “There is no question that the rob- tion and Bowel trou- bles, Get a bottle to-day and take half a glass ~n arising CONSTIPATION hed py other | PRI b L s TOWN OFFICERS MAKE PROMISES Berkeley Officials Agree to Do Better, Following Re- port of Firm of Experts CONSIDERED CASE I8 { { Improvements Required in Many Matters That Engage Attention of a Committee t Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, March 21. Although the report of the experts who examined the books of the city officials, which report was presented to the Trustees several months ago, was declared by “insiders” to be of sensa- tional sort, the finance committee of the Trustees, which has had the report under advisement for a long time pre- ! paring a supplemental report to its colleagues, did not reveal the sensa- tional features, if such there be, at the special meeting called to consider the matter last night. The finance committee’'s report re- ferred to lax bookkeeping methods em- ployed by the Tax Collector, the Treas- urer, the License Collector, the Town Marshal and other officials, and stated that each official referred to had agreed to make changes required by the finance committee. The Town Treas- urer is to no longer engage the town Auditor to help him prepare the books of the Treasurer’s office. The Tax Col- lector agrees to keep a cash book. The | Auditor will sign a lot of unsigned | vouchers and other improvements wiil be effected. SOPHOMORES TO HAVE NEW STYLE OF HAT BERKELEY, March 21.—The university class of 1008, which next year will constitute the sophomore class, has decided that a new style of hat shall be devised for its members, the hat to be unique and calculated to insure distinction for its wearers, the coming sopho- mores. A. C. Kendall, H. L. Woolenberg and P. H. Herriot have been appointed as a com- mittee to select the hat and the committee’s decision will be voted upon by the class Quring thi€ term. The present sophomore class is adorned with a hat suggestive of military and wild west life, belng a white sombrero, with military cords for ornament. The h classes presented two short ccmedies in Spanish at Hearst Hall this even- ing, their programme including also several musical numbers and recitations, Director Campbell of the Lick Observatory delivered this morning at 11 o'clock the first of the annual Lick Observatory lectures, speak- ing in the observatory upon the subject of **Current . Ecliose Problems,” Preliminary 2 B tryouts for the intercollegiate debate team were held in North Hall this evening. Three sections of debaters partici- pated and three men are to be chosen from each section to enter the final tryout, which wil be held i Stiles Hall next Thursday night. Professor Soule has received from Professor Charles Gllman Hyde, who will take charge of classes In sanitary engineering next Au- gust, an outline of the courses he proposes to offer next year. Professor Hyde will arrive in Berkeley early in July to arrange for this werk. The courses will include both under- graduate and graduate subjects. Professor Hyde has been engaged for the last vear in conducting filtraton work near Harrisburg, Pa., and has recently made a tour of tha larger Eastern universities and technical col- leges to get the latest information regarding his peculiar work. —_——— Kiniry’s Counse] Argues. OAKLAND, Mareh 21.—During the entire session of court to-day ex-Judge Abraham Lincoln Frick pleaded with the jury for the life of David Kiniry, charged with the murder of Police- man James H. Smith. Frick argued that from the position in which,Smith had stood it was impossible for/Kiniry to have fired the shots that made the wounds. District Attorney Allen will make the closing argument to-morrow morning and the case will be sub- mitted to the jury, it is thought, by noon. According to the statement of the District Attorney it is not his in- tention to make a long closing argu- ment. bery occurrgd exactly as Daly and Roche described it. Of that I am thor- oughly satisfied. Our work is now to identify and find the robbers. What we shall accomplish in that direction I am not prepared to say. I am hopeful that some of the many leads upon which we are working will pan out. We think we have a fair identification of the men and a fair line on who they are. In the course of a few days I hope developments will justify the lines upon which we are working.” “Berkeleyans were aroused this morning by reports that the $9000 in stolen gold had been ‘cached in Straw- berry Creek, near where the stolen buggy was recovered. Search was com- menced by scores of men along the creek from Grand street, two blocks from Sacramento street. Sheriff Bar- net went to the place on a call from Marshal Kerns that a suspect had been seen in the neighborhoed, but nothing came of the incident. The police ‘of San Francisco have been enlisted in the hunt, the theory having been ad- ! vanced that the robbers went across the bay to hide in the metropolis while the excitement is on.” Daly held a long conference at police headquarters this morning with the Oakland officials, during which he went over in much detall the circumstances of the robbery. He feels convinced that he was the victim of a long time piot. Willlam Kane, Daly’s partner, recalls seeing two men aeéting suspi- ciously at the raflroad cut some weeks ago, when he made the trip with the ofl md pany’s money to Point Rich- mond. Mrs. Michael Corbett, residing at 2117 Sacramento street, Berkeley; Mrs. Eve- lyn Sweecney of 218 Sacramento street, and Mrs. Roody, another neighbor, were the pergons. who found Daly’s {horse and buggy yesterday morning. They notified the Berkeley authorities, The sack qf silver, which was exam- ined to-day at the Central Bank, was intact. The $1000 was there to a penny. The bank officlals will meet to-morrow to decide upon offering a reward for the capture of the robbers and to take other steps in the case. Sheriff Veale with his chief deputy, F. W. Johnson, returned to-njght to Mortines. et i e G el SR iR R e I S A A St Bl s B S s S aliee SR e iy FACULIY MEN HEAR BULKELE} Former Yell Leader of Uni- versity Appears Before Professors of the College DECISION IS RESERVED Academic Council Ready to Receive Report Which Is to Settle Man’s Fate SR N Berkeley Office S8an Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, March 21. Lewis E. Bulkeley, the former yell leader of the university, who escaped prosecution on a criminal charge by wedding Corinne Barry a fortnight ago, appeared before the students’ affairs committee of the faculty yesterday, he being now under suspension, with the possibility of expulsion from the uni- versity as his fate at the hands of the college authorities. Professor Cory, chairman of the fac- ulty committee which listened to Bulk- eley’s story, declined to say what transpired at the secret session, where Bulkeley sat as a witness and the fac- ulty members as inquisitors. “You will have to see Mr. Bulkeley for an account of the proceedings,” sald Professor Cory after the session was at an end. Being asked what would be the course pursued by the committee so far as its routine method of procedure was concerned, Professor Cory sald that the faculty committee would make its report of what Bulkeley had sald, and recommend to the academic council, which meets to-morrow after- noon, what action it thinks should be taken in the matter. Bulkeley is in town, after absenting himself for days, following the cere- mony which made him and Corinne Barry hushand and wife. He retains his apartments at the Brasfield Inn, but declines to discuss his case in any way. Bulkeley’'s wife is at a sanitarium with her mother, where she went a week ago, after her marriage. The Barry home on Shattuck avenue is de- serted. The exact whereabouts of the mother and her daughter has not been divulged by the family. —_———— WOMAN’S ERRATIC ANSWER SHAKES FAITH OF COUNSEL Attorney Johnson Tries to Retire From Mrs. Barrie’s Case, but Court Dissuades Him, OAKLAND, March 21.—Thé erratic testimony of Mrs. Eliza A. Barrie, who is engaged in fighting a divorce suit brought against her by Alexander A. Barrie of Berkeley, nearly lost her counsel, H. Digby Johnson, this after- noon. She surprised him by her re- ply to a question and he at once ten- dered his resignation to the court and | said that he wanted nothing more to do with the case. Judge E orth, however, talked him out of re 3 Attorney Johnson has been making hard fight for his client, under the impression that shé was an abused woman. In a former trial of the case Judge Ogden stated that it was his be- lief that she was not in her right mind and this afternoon in answer to a question as to her reason for not wishing to have her niece and nephew live with her she said it was because she believed they would poison her. There was nothing to warrant this. Johnson was astonished, and, inter- rupting his client, who went on to make a rambling statement, said: “Your Honor, I withdraw from the case. I wish to have nothing more to do with it.” —_————— OWEN JACKSON CHARGED WITH BATTERY AND THEFT Pretty Rita Bevert Says He Slapped Her Face and Took Her ‘Watch. OAKLAND, March 21.—Owen Jack- son, a young man residing at the Ran- lett House on Seventeenth street and San Pablo avenue, was arrested to-day on a charge of battery preferred by pretty Miss Rita Bevert, who lives at 943 Pine street. The young woman says that on last Saturday night while on her way from San Francisco she met Jackson, who was accompanied by Miss Maud Randlett. Jackson’s com- panion is alleged to have made several insulting remarks and when Miss Bevert retaliated in kind Jackson slapped her face. Miss Bevert says that in the strug- gle she lost her purse and watch and she accuses the young man of having taken these articles. Jacksoi vigor- ously denies having slapped the young woman and says he knows ‘nothing about her valuables, Soon after his arrest he was released on bail. A S I SR Unions to Support May Fete. OAKLAND, March 21.—The Central Labor Council has appointed a special committee to assist the charitable or- ganizations in arranging for the May fete and floral parade. Representa- tives of the council will request the members of the Women's Label League to lend their aid to make the May fete a success. The members of the special committee of the council are: Charles W, Petry, J. R. Barton, W. B. Green, A. C. C. Kruger, P, C. Weber, T. F. Marshall and J. B. Re- boli. —_—— Bankers to Meet in Oakland. OAKLAND, March 21.—The annual convention of the California Bankers’ Assoclation will be held in this city on Thursday Friday and Saturday, May 18, 19 and 20, and the local bank- ers are preparing an elaborate pro- 3 I POLICE DOUBT MURDER STORY Authorities Believe Confes- sion of Karl Bodine Is In- spired by Religious Mania NO RECORD OF CRIME Dispatch From Fort Fair- field Fails to Confirm Tale of Alleged Slayer Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, March 2L Little credgnce is given by the local authorities to the weird tale of murder told by Earl Roy Bodine, who yester- day surrendered to the Oakland police and confessed that eight years ago he had killed a man in Fort Fairfleld, Me., and thrown the body into the Aroostook River. A dispatch was re- celved here to-night from Fort Fair- field stating that there is no record in Aroostook County of any such crime as that described by Bodine, and that no one can be found who ever heard of the disappearance of any one an- swering the description of the alleged vietim. Investigation by the police has re- sulted in bringing to . light several facts about Bodine, who seems to be afflicted with a form of religious mania. iA yvear ago he was numbered among the converts of a Peniel mission in San Francisco, and three months ago he was once more converted in this city, being baptized by a German minister at Piedmont Baths. Chief of Police Hodgkins sald to- night that he had not yet heard from the Fort Fairfleld authoritles, but would hold Bodine until he received a reply to his communication. FAIRFIELD, Me., March 21.—Little information was obtainable to-day re- garding an alleged crime dn the vi- cinity of Port Fairfield eight years ago, which Earl Bodine is said to have confessed to the Oakland city police after asserting that he had been con- verted by evangelists. Local and county’ officials failed to recall such case and discredit the “confession.” There was, however, an Impression that the body of a young man was recovered from the Aroostook River about that time. CLUB HONORS A SUCCESSFUL YOUNG WRITER BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, March 21 In gerfous mood or veln that is lighter, We meet and discuss the living writer. First, his blography we unfold— No event of his life is left untold. His manner, age, hair and complexion Are well known to the Living Writers' Section. This bit of Information was one of the “Glimpses of Living Writers,” that was given in rhyme by Mrs. Elizabeth Dow Yorker to- day at the Ebell reception. She took a peck at” every writer of recent d from Jack London down 4 to Ebell luminaries, and hef “glimpees’ were greatly enjoyed by the throng of women that filled the clubrooms to the doors. Though St. Patrick’s day is now well back among the yesterdays, the living writers’ sec- tion was not to be deprived of the pleasure of honoring the holy .man, who was #hich a foe to woman’s old enemy, the snake; so, in the mass of decorative green, the Stars and Stripes and the emerald flag blended _their folds on the wall back of the platform. Sham- rock—real shamr@ck—was worn by the ladles of the section, and every coiffure sported a knot of green. Good music and clever papers distinguished the programme, over which Mrs. Ogden, the curator, presided, but the lion—should one say lloness?—of the afternoon was Elinor Gates Tully. It has been sald that a man is never a prophet in his own country, but the little woman who has given us the “‘Blog- raphy of & Prairie Girl” took quite naturally to the homors of ‘‘prophetess’” that were forced on her. Following a graceful and well-written re- view of the “Prairie GIrl” by Mrs. Willlam Frederickson and read by Mrs. John Beck- with, the authoress read a chapter of the simple story that seems to have crept into the hearts of every one. Then at the eonclu- sion of the programme the little writer—she scems rather frail—was given an ovation, al- most, by her new admirers and old friends Who ‘bad known her when she was just Elinor Gates and not one of the day's successful writers. The entire programme was as follows: Overture, “‘Don Juan’’ Mozart- Lysberg Two planos, four hands. Miss Laura Prentiss and Ralph McFadyen. “Glimpses cf Living Writers'". .. ; By Mrs. Elizabeth ‘Ave 3 pish Ballads"..By Mrs. Taylor Mrs, R. H. Auerbach accompanist. . Review of *“‘Biography of a Prairle Girl” % Elinor Gates By Mr iliam Frederickson. Extracts from ‘‘Blography of a Prairie Girl,” reading by the author........ +.......Mrs. Richard Tully (Elinor Gates) ““March Herolque™ . ..Saint-Saens Two planos, four hands. Miss Laura Prentiss and Ralph McFadyen. Songs, ‘“Under the Lindens” (Dudley Buck), “Little Irish Giri (Lohr).... Ve cean -Lowell Redfield Mrs. F. B. Ogden was assisted in recelving the section’s guests by Mr: . C. 8. Ackerly, Mrs. Frank Leavitt, Mrs. M. D. L. Hadley, Mrs. W. H. Graves, Mrs. W. G. Manuel, Mrs. A. A. Denison, Mrs. G. G. Cummings, Mrs. C. Ressaguie, Miss “Machin, Mrs. John A. Beckwith, Mrs. C. Kellogg. Frederickson, Mrs. Norris, Mrs. 3 Montgomery, Mrs. R. G. Perry, Mrs. E. D. Yorker, Mrs. J. J. Meiggs, Mrs. H. Lang, Mrs. A. W.' Burrell, Mrs. Raiph Kinney, Mrs. J. Dille, Mrs. H. P. Cariton, Mrs. Vandergaw. Mrs. L. Wheeler, Mra. H. A. Powell, Mrs. T. Gaytes. St. Patrick still continues to cast his emer- ald shadow upon us, for every day one hears of some green luncheon or tea that has hitherto escaped notice. Mrs. Harry Roche was one of thoss amtertained last week, seventeen guests being seated at a luncheon that commemo- rated the 17th of March. Those that saw it say the table was a dream in green, of course ——and the place cards were the ‘‘dearest things""—cardboard shamroexs with little pipes tled to them with green ribbon. A guessing contest during the luncheon was the cause of much amusement, and altogether the day was happily spent. Mrs. Roche and her sister, Mrs. M. M. Campbell, were hostesses, and the : Mrs. Faulkner, Mrs. worth, Mrs. Angus Com Mrs. William' Gasenwas. Campbell, Mrs. E. H. Gritfith, Mrs. A. A. Sawyer. Mrs. John Allen Park, Mrs. E. M. Condit, Mrs. Frank Merguire and Mrss Eva gramme for the entertainment of the; Shepston visitors. The membership of the as- sociation is composed of the presi- | Sow Miss Clara Boardman gave a handkerchief er Saturday in honor of Miss Iman. She was assisted by Miss dents, vice presidents and cashiers of | liman of Berkeley and Miss Avis Osborn. Progress!! and nearly every bank in the State. ——————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENOCE. ARRIVED. ¥ Tuesday, March 21. U § stmr_Perry, Schoefleld, —— hours from Magdalena Bay. SAILED. Stmr Grace Dollar, Oleen, Grays 2 “Stmr Santa Crus, “Alberts, Monterey. ABIIIDEEN—A{.HM Mar 21—Stmr New- b, gt oy~ San, i S from : S it Foentcnds b Saior Bov hom Redondo. g FOREIGN PORT. VICTORIA—Sailed Mar 21—Br ship Penthe- silea, for London. STEAMER. 7 a—am) OCEAN JUEENSTOWN — Arrived Mar "M‘,‘ - s guests were: Mi; Bessie Tall- m‘ Jessie Hardenbergh, Laura Fenton, Edna e 5 Misses Bessle Cotton, Ethlyn Ren— Cole, Flora Miller, Osborn, Ruby Smith, Avis ‘W. H. Halsey, Mrs. isco, Mrs. Clem- Mr. and Mrs. H. Shepard Brickell and' son, Russell Brickell, have just returned from six months of travel in Europe. ——— . OAKLAND, March 21.—I. M. Pon- tious, 29 years old, a Southern Pa- cific Company switchman, was killed at Alameda Point at 11 o'clock to- night by being crushed while coupling cars. His head was caught. Pontious resided with his wife, 3 bride ! months, at Twelfth u.na 2 KEEP THE COIN AT INIVERSITY Opposition Thus Replies to Plan Which- Provides " Help for the Japanese —_— FOOTBALL MAN TO AID Captain Force on One Side of Fight, With Editor Loeb at Oppesite End Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, March 21 The propoSed contribution of $2500 by the University of California for the bullding of dormitories which Chris- tian Japanese students may use in schools at Kioto, Japan, has become a bone of contention at the university which threatens to take on the impor- tance of an international complication before it is settled. The Y. M. C. A. leaders at the uni- versity are back of the project, it hav- ing been fathered by them. Against the scheme to get the big contribution from the university folk are a number | of prominent college leaders, who won a npotable addition to theif ranks to-day in J. P. Loeb, editor of the Daily Cali- fornian. Loeb is a power, and his edi- torial columns to-day bristle with ar- guments calculated to throw water on the plan to bulld dormitories for the Japanese in Japan. On the other side, however, looms up large the gigantic figure of James A. Force, captain of the varsity football team, who has given his efficial sanc- tion to the Y. M. C. A. project. LOEB’'S VIEWS. Loeb declares that it ought to be stated at once whether it is proposed to make the $2500 contribution an offi- efal donation or whether it is to-be a private bemefaction. Loeb couches his argument in the following words: The status of the movement is not clear. It it is an unofficlal and private enterprise, mot undertaken in the name of the university, the question Is_one of private opinion, not & mat- ter of a public nature which is to be taken up by the students as members of the university. Against the Japanese hostel fund, as a privats charity, organized by individual students ana supported by private contributions, we have a0thing to say. But if the pian is to have the students of the University of California make a gift to the University of Kioto, the only proper way to work s through the execut! committee. . Theoretically, perhaps, It is more beautiful to give freely to the distant Oriental than to ourselves, or to people of our own State or nation. - This s a matter of private conviction, not to'be affected by argument or petitions. " ‘But the student body must put & practical Mmit to its altruism, and should not officially. countenance any effort which will take a large sum of money out of its reach and make even more difficult the task of raising funds for the {mprovement of California or the Iife of her students. Captain Force's views on the subject are as follows: I am In sympathy with California's Japan- ese enterprise. our undergraduates, alumni and professors is one of the hugest altruistic undertakings ever presented-to the student body. Every student subscribing to this fund will certainly be do- ing a worthy act toward his university. A. A. Bullock, a strong supporter of the dormitory idea, has put himself on record with the following explanation: We do not consider that this is-a charity any more than the Cecil Rhodes scholarships are. Neither can It be classed as missionary in the narrow sense, because its avowed pur- pose - is not to Christlanize but primarily to put before that great student body the one thing they need—a pure, moral home. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS F. W. BILGER RECOVERING.—Ouakland, March 21.—F W, Biiger, Republican City Central Committee, who has been seriously 11l at his home, is rapldly re- covering, and it is expected that he will be out in a short time. GIVEN FREEDOM.—Oakland, March 21.— Charlotte Anna Lockie-Brown was granted an inteplocutory decree of divorce from George oekie-Brown to-day by Judge Melvin on the ground of willful neglect. She was also awarded the custody of the two children, James and Philip. NEW INCORPORATION.—Oakland, March 21.—Articles of incorporation of the firm of Breed & Bancroft were. filed with the County Qerk to-day . The yumoss of the firm e o carry on dealing in real estate. e capital stock is $25,000 and the directors are H. Breed, H. O. Bancroft. Caroline H. Breed, Sa- rah B, Bancroft and H L. Breed. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, March 21.—The following marriage licenses were is- sued by the County Clerk to-day: Phillip Rogers, over 21. and Nellie Holmes, over 18, N. Y.. and Isabelle M City: Andrew Sheldo: 27, both of Livermore, FIGHTERS WRECK SALOON.—Oakland, March 21.—John Wanzer. a_stranger in Oak- land, and Dave Bkatrom, a horseman, engaged in a rough and tumble fight in a saloon at Stacy. 29, 29, and Nieves Crua, were arrested. The barroom was wrecked and the men were so badly used up that they were taken to the Receiving Hospital for repairs. OSCAR J. BACKUS PASSES AWAY.— Oakland, March 21 —Oscar J. Backus, the vice president of the George H. Tay Company. and a prominent member of the First Methodist Church of Oakland, died Monday at his home, 82 Monte Vista avenue, 75 vears of age. Hs pleaves a wife and five children—Osear J. Backus Jr., Mrs. Dr. T. B. Holmes. Mrs. M. T. Holcomb, Mrs, Dr. Hadden and Mrs. C. T. Hiel. STEAL ICE TO* GO TO SHOW.—Oakland, March 21.—George Kelley and Joseph Silva, aged respectively 12 and 11 years. explained to Acting Police Judge Geary this morning that they had stolen ten pounds of ice from the Southern Pacific Company in order to get money to £o to the “show.” As the boys wers very penitent and promised to steal no more, judgment was suspended. LONG TRIAL NEAR CLOSE —Oakland, March 21.—To-morrow. it is believed, will ses the finish of the trial of the contest over the | will of the late Captain Leroy Fletcher. which has mow consumed several weeks. The jury fees in the case alone amount to several hun- dred dollars, and the cost of reporting and transcribing 'the testimony to as much more. The deceased left an estate of $30.000 and dis- inherlted his. who is now making an attempt to have the will set aside. chairman of the | both of Oakland: Horace Fisher, 50, Rochester, | New York | Fifth and Clay streets last night and both | The movement undertaken by | «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA FALLS UNDER CLASSES BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1€83. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. County. TUESDAY, MARCH 2L a W. A . J. and Lydia F. Shepardson an He!pllr to James T. Pollock, lot at lnl-r‘ecl lh:' of SE line of Stanford avenus with N m."n. Fitty-ninth street, B 110, N 63, o slm - of Stanford avenue, SW 110, more or less, beginning, portion lot 23, block R, Paradise Park, Oakiand; $10. Harlow P. Bancroft to Alexande W line of Grove street. 90 X ird or Plumas, N 45 by W 1834 m‘:\: block R, Alpine Tract, Oakiand, deed 730" Wittame Baruen Qruimma, s Sr.) to Mounta Hisselation, It 6 and NW _portion lot 5, ia 0 Q' feet as per map ery, Oukland iat 14 B, ;Iu. Mountain View Towa- inta L. lssacs to Sophia Isaacs (wife) Jot on B line o Paradise street, 135 2 o Feiton, E 100 by N 32, portion lots 1 and % block ', Paradise Park, Berkeley: also all Paterest 'n_lot 17, block 136, corrected map Raymond Tract and property out h Berkeley: gift R Belknap ' Chittenden Goldsmi! Jot on I Line of College &t S35 N U0f Trussell strest. N 2, block A, University Villa Traet, C K uamax;-a%u—hm" : ; $10. University Villa. Berkeley; § Belinap Chittenden cfwmunm‘h a K. Jenness, lot on NE commer of venue manu.num«z.n&:mmmmmm 1, ck A, Bark: 194 nitle Eaves {single) to Goldsmith, lot on B Ime 20 cnap Chittenden of COU? ‘avenus, 0. N of Russell street, N 20 v om portion lot 1, block A, same, ‘Berkeley; . .lot C. K. and Harriet R. Jenness to same, on NE corper of College avenua and Russeil etreet, N 40.20 by 5‘1‘1720. portion lot 1, block A_eame, Berkeley; o ‘London and San Franeisco Bank (Limi & corporation (by W. Mackintosh, attorney to G. Howard Thompson, n SW corner of Tenth and Jackson streets, S 3.4 by W 100, block 128, Kellersberger's map, . 10. Charles J. Nickerson (single) to Ellen A. 1 ¢ Richard) lot on E line of P e e, 174 N of Twenty-first, N 32.34 by E 125, block 618, Boardman's map,. Oak-~ Rathien (single) to Bernard Rathjen, lot on _NW corner of Fifth and Jef- ferson streets, N 100 by W 15, lots 10 to 23, block 51, Kellersberger's map, ; grant. ‘Agnes’ Borland (widow) to Francis G. East- man, lot on NW corner of Webster and Merri- mac’ streets, W 100, N 40, B 0.95, N 60, 90.05, S 100, lot 4, and portion lot § Borland property_Oskland: $10. - ‘Alice H_ MacDougall, Ralph B. Stocker and Alice M. Stocker (by Arthur P. Holh.l‘,d: her attorney) to Willlam S. Forter, lot on W line of Webster street, 43 N of Deiger (or Twen- tieth) street, N 42, NW 3.6, SW 33.63, SB 1041, Oakland: $1b. W. J. and Jeanette (or Jennetts) Roth (wife] . Weflbye, lot on E line of Euchi e 40 S of Adams street, E 14465 $ 40.0l, W 143.35, N 40 to beginning, portion lot 2, block 1, subdivision 1 of Adams Point property, Oakland; $10. Edw. E. Young (single) and Johs A. and Belle Hoots (wife) to W. W. and Ada Knick=~ erbocker, lot on N line of Weston avenue, 67:6 W of Pearl strest, W 40:8, N 12535, E 40.38, S 122.30_ lot 10, and portion lot 1L, block A, Broadway and Telegraph avenue Park Tract, etc., Oakland; $10. Lois A. Atwell (wife of Edmund) to Charles Blewett, lot op B line of Union street. 245 N of Twenty-eighth, N 30 by E 133:3, portion lot § block H, lands of Peralta Homestead Assoclation, Oakiand: $10. Charles A. Ingerson to Henrlstta Charters, subdivision 2, map subdivision lot 1, bloek E. Peralta Heights, East Oakland; $10. B. C. Cuvellier (single) to H. C. Stilwell, 28.57 acres as in seventeenth deed to H. C. Stilwell, transters 4303, March 3, 1905, East Oakland, quits §10. ‘Willlam 8. gle) to Alice M. Stocker (widow), lot 14, block B, Central Pled- mont Tract, Oakland Township; $5. Alice M. ‘Stocker (widow, by A. P. Holland, attorney) to Joseph Wohifrom, same, Oakland Township; $10. L. M. and C. B. d Nellie Matthew t, Oakland: $10. ickham and Florence W. Havens (wife) to Wallace M. Alexander, lots 79, 80 and 101, Crocker Traet, Pledmont, Oukland Townshipy deed and agreement; $10. Same to Edward W. Engs, all that portion of lot 128 lying S of line parailel to and dis- tant at right angle 100 N from S boundary of sald lot_ being S 100 feet of lot 128, Crocker Tract, Pledmont, Oakland Township, deed and agreement; $10. William J, Schmidt (single) to Rudoiph H. Ehlers, lot 30, block 1, amended map Humph- rey Tract, Berkeley: $i0. Willlam E. and Josephine Knowles to Dun- can McDutfle, lot on N line of Durant avenus, 500 E of Dana street, B 10452 by N 160, Berkeley; $10. B. L. and Mary Weymouth (wife) to W. B Stephens, S 45 feet of lot B, block 22, Alae meda Park Homestead, Alameda: $10. ——————————e EKENIFE THRUST MAY KILL MEXICAN FRUIT DEALER Occuples Cot in the County Hespital as Result of Fight With a Countryman. BAKERSFIELD, March 21.——Jesus Coronado, a Mexican fruit dealer of this city, in a drunken fight early this morning was stabbed in the abdomen by another Mexican. The knife passed through his liver, and, though he is still alive at the County Héspital, his life is despaired of. The injured man was so drunk at the time of the fight that he cannot remember who his assailant was ahd up to this time the police have been unable to trace him. Coronado is 58 years old. —_————————— TUESDAY LITERARY CLUB HOLDS SPIRITED ELECTION SACRAMENTO, March 21. — The election of the Tuesday Literary Club, which has been the subject of much Hyden_(husband) to Davi a lot 21, block D, Gaskill Trs | dissension among the society women of Sacramento for weeks past, took place to-day after a lively meeting, at which many spirited addresses were made. Mrs. D. A. Lindley was chosen president by 181 votes over Mrs. C. N. Post, who received 130 votes. ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY'S VOIGE feel the exquisite thrill fear., Every of child-birth can be druggists. Our n!uetodlwvm_-nmtu-. bool priceless Address Is the joy of the household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture of mother and babe, angels smile at and commend the _ thoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. The ordeal through which the ex; ever, is so full of she looks forward to the hour when she shall of motherhood with indescribable dread and woman should know that the how- ering that tant mother must and , pain and horroe dulgerfi